Appearances

Juilliard FOCUS! 2012 Festival
SOUNDS RE-IMAGINED:
JOHN CAGE AT 100


6 free concerts Jan 27-Feb 3
Pre-Concert Forum with
Margaret Leng Tan, Joan La Barbara, Laura Kuhn, Pia Gilbert
Tues, Jan 31 at 7 pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
155 W. 65th Street, NYC

(212) 769 7406
juilliard.edu

INDETERMINACY!
90 one-minute stories
by John Cage

Sun, January 1st   6 PM

The Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village
29 Cornelia Street (between 6th & 7th aves)
New York City

Performed by the
Cornelia Street Café All-Stars & Margaret Leng Tan

playing

Erik Satie’s Sports et Divertissements
&
Milos Raickovich’s C-A-G-E birthday tribute

A Composers Collaborative/Serial Underground presentation.

Learn more about the Indeterminacy stories at:
composerscollab.org

UNCAGED TOY PIANO FESTIVAL
Tues, November 29th   7:30 PM

Playhouse at Dixon, Dixon Place Lounge
161A Chrystie Street
New York City
$5 at door
An evening of DJ'ed, VJ'ed and live toy instrument performances

Thurs, December 1st   8 PM
with guest performers: Takuji Kawai/Yen-lin Goh

Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street
New York City
$10 at door

Sat, December 3rd   8PM

Toy Bonanza
DiMenna Center for Classical Music Cary Hall
450 West 37th Street, Suite 502
New York City
$15 at door

Three-hour toy instrument marathon, premiering winning and selected works from this year’s UnCaged Toy Piano Competition.

For full festival details:
uncagedtoypiano.org

Festival Pass now on sale! $20 for all three concerts

Questions/reservations:
contact Phyllis Chen at chenphyllis@yahoo.com

ODE TO SCHROEDER
Thurs October 20, 2011 at 8pm
A toy piano/toy instrumental concert for

TILL ALL IS GREEN
A silent auction benefit for the children of the Japan earthquake

Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects
547 West 27th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10001
212.268.7132
Suggested contribution: $25

miyakoyoshinaga.com/news

Check out Margaret’s MetroGrand Piano and She Herself Alone DVD at the Silent Auction!

John Cage’s FOUR WALLS
The Stone
Sun September 25 at 8pm
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
$10

thestonenyc.com

ROULETTE GRAND OPENING GALA
Thurs September 15, 8pm
509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217
Margaret Leng Tan performs John Cage’s Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, Music for Piano #2 and Water Music
Info: 212.219.8242

roulette.org

WOMEN AND COMEDY: History, Theory, Practice
An interdisciplinary workshop presented by Simon Fraser University
4-6 August 2011
Thurs 4 Aug, 5:30-8 pm:
Reception and toy piano performance by Margaret Leng Tan at the Segal Centre, Vancouver

english.sfu.ca
english.sfu.ca/documents/doc/women_and_comedy.pdf

SATIEfaction
Satie and Satie-inspired music from John Cage and Toby Twining
performed on piano and toy piano
The Stone
Fri July 22 at 8 pm
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City

thestonenyc.com

ROULETTE MUSICIRCUS
FREE!
In collaboration with the Atlantic Ave Art Walk
1-6 pm, weekend of June 4/5
At Roulette's new performance space
509 Atlantic Ave (at 3rd Ave)

My toy performance is on June 4 at 4.50pm

roulette.org

WHERE IS AI WEIWEI?
White Box in collaboration with Human Rights Watch
Special Exhibition/Benefit Art Sale/Film Screening/Performance
White Box
329 Broome Street
New York City
Tues June 7, 2011
6 - 9 PM
Performance of Ge Gan-ru's Wrong Wrong Wrong! at 6 pm

whiteboxny.org

2-DAY RESIDENCY AT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE

Wed May 25, 2011
3 - 4.30 pm: Workshop
4.30 - 6 pm: Sorceress of the New Piano film screening
School of Music
Brechemin Auditorium
FREE

www.music.washington.edu

THE THREE Cs: Pioneers of the Avant-Garde Piano
Thurs May 26, 2011
7:30 pm: Concert
Meany Studio Theater
$15 general; $10 students and seniors

www.music.washington.edu

HONORARY DOCTORATE OF FINE ARTS from the
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Sat May 21, 2011
2:30 pm: Graduate address
Park Center Alumni Arena
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY

www.cortland.edu

THE ART OF THE TOY PIANO
Thurs April 28, 8 pm
Turner Sims Southampton
Highfield Campus
University of Southampton, UK

www.turnersims.co.uk

INTERVIEW and TOY PIANO PERFORMANCE
on BBC RADIO 3'S IN TUNE ARTS PROGRAM

Wed April 20
5.30 – 6.00 pm

www.bbc.co.uk

FOUR WALLS by JOHN CAGE
Preceded by personal reminiscences of John Cage and performance of Suite for Toy Piano, Dream, 4'33", and Water Music.
Mon April 18, 7 pm
St. Georges Bristol
Bristol, UK

www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

CAGE 99: THE JOHN CAGE CELEBRATION
VEXATIONS by Erik Satie

Sun April 17, 11 am to 11 pm
St. Georges Bristol
Bristol, UK

www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

THROUGH THE SILENCE: Cage retrospective concert
Sat 16 April, 5 pm
De la Warr Pavilion Auditorium

www.dlwp.com/events

JOHN CAGE: EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY
Sat 16 April 2011 - Sun 5 June 2011
De la Warr Pavilion
Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK

www.dlwp.com

TOY PIANO performance at exhibition preview
Fri 15 April, 6 pm

APPEARANCE AS GUEST ARTIST ON
PRESENT MUSIC’S CONCERT “TOYS!”

Saturday, January 8, 7:30pm
Turner Ballroom
1032 N. 4th St.
Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on Margaret >>

www.pabsttheater.org

New recording more information >>

She Herself Alone

TOBY TWINING
An American in
Buenos Aires
(excerpt)

 

SHE HERSELF ALONE
The Art of the Toy Piano 2 (CD/DVD)

for toy pianos, toy instruments, piano, voice

JOHN CAGE
Suite for Toy Piano • Dream

ERIK GRISWOLD
Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine

TOBY TWINING
An American in Buenos Aires (A Blues Tango)

GEORGE CRUMB
Put My Little Shoes Away

JEROME KITZKE
The Animist Child

ROSS BOLLETER
Hymn to Ruin

LAURA LIBEN
She Herself Alone

ERIK GRISWOLD
Old MacDonald’s
Yellow Submarine (excerpt)

Toys Are Us
OLD MACDONALD’S YELLOW SUBMARINE
by Erik Griswold, from Tan’s ABC broadcast, was Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s official entry at the UNESCO International Music Council’s International Rostrum of Composers

May 31 – June 4, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal

www.imc-cim.org

Old Mac’s Sub is one of 14 works recommended for worldwide airplay through the Rostrum’s broadcast affiliates in 32 countries.

Find participating radio stations >>